New York Times - WorldAustralia to Fast-Track Missile Production for U.S. Exports
The announcement of this plan, along with steps to expand joint military exercises, was shadowed by the news of a helicopter crash during one such exercise.
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New York Times - World New York Times - WorldLebanese Depositors Have Resorted to Force to Withdraw Their Savings
Amid severe limits on withdrawals and a yearslong financial crisis, Lebanese depositors are resorting to force to demand their own money, earning the moniker “the world’s most honorable bank robbers.”
BBC - EuropeDnipro: Russian missiles hit apartment block and security service building
Nine people are injured and the top floor of an apartment block is almost completely destroyed.
BBC - EuropeElephant on the loose spotted outside supermarket in southern Italy
Local media reports the animal escaped from a circus but has since been returned.
New York Times - WorldIsrael’s Supreme Court to Hear Case Against Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul
The justices will hear petitions in September against a new law that curbs their own authority, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed ahead despite Israel’s political turmoil.
New York Times - WorldAIDS Relief Program Under Threat as G.O.P. Insists on Abortion Restriction
A decades-old program created by President George W. Bush to combat AIDS around the world is at risk of being sucked into a partisan dispute over abortion, with some Republicans threatening to block its renewal.
New York Times - WorldUkraine Launches Missile Strikes in Russia, Moscow Says
Kyiv did not take responsibility for the attacks, which could be a bid to broaden a war that has mostly rained ruin and death on Ukraine.
BBC - EuropeRussia's new tactic for cutting off Ukraine's grain
Russia has started targeting Ukraine's alternative routes for exporting its grain.
BBC - EuropeWatch: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine through music by BBC Russia editor
Steve Rosenberg has written a score to chart life in Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
New York Times - WorldHead of Presidential Guard Claims Power in Niger Coup
Gen. Omar Tchiani spoke on state television as the head of a transitional leadership in the West African country, two days after his troops detained the elected president.